Disposable bedpad



1968 w. E. BURNS ETAL 3,407, 14

DISPOSABLE BEDPAD Filed Oct. 3, 1966 INVENTORS WILL/5 EDWIN BURNS HELEN URSULA BURNS AND JUDITH ANN BURNS United States Patent Filed Oct. 3, 1966, Ser. No. 584,013 7 Claims. (Cl. -335) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention pertains to a flat, sheet-like disposable bedbad that is entirely constructed of disposable diaper material and that has a single layer, retainer member with a multiple layer pad centered thereon, and that has simple, inexpensive and positive means for quickly securing and releasing the structure to the bed.

Background of the invention We have found that the pads most in use have a plastic, moisture-proof backing, which is necessary but also slippeny. Since the purpose of the use of such a pad on a hospital bed is to maintain the cleanliness of the bedding, a pad which does not stay in the place designated is only efiective at times.

It is preferred that such a pad be anchored so as to maintain its intended position and be completely effective.

According to this invention, there is provided a disposable bedpad having a tuck-in and clamp-down retainer for stability.

This invention will be better understood by reference to the following description and claims taken together with the drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic of a bedpad, the partially cutaway center, with retainer added which is the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view taken along the line 22 of FIG. 1.

FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawing show a fiat sheet-like disposable bedpad, Which comprises a flexible, absorbent disposable diaper center 11. This bedpad center is made as specified for disposable diapers such as described in Gobbo Patent 3,065,751, except that one layer of its material or one additional layer of material 12 will be about three times as long as the center pad. Said center pad being centered on this long length with its overlapping edges glued or otherwise adhered to connect the whole. At about seven inches from each end of the extra-length layer 12, two slits 13 are cut, one on each side, starting about one inch in from the outer lengthwise edge and being cut diagonally in toward the end edges. These slits being about an inch in length.

This disposable bedpad and retainer are made of mater rial used in disposable diapers; the whole center portion, about one-third of the total length, is the size and form of disposable diapers. One layer of material 12 is compressed into, glued, or otherwise adhered to the diaper and has a length sufiiciently long to be tucked between each side of the bed mattress and springs, and has the same width as the disposable diaper center 11. This retainer is also constructed and used with the addition of four cut-out slits, one about seven inches from each corner of the long layer, starting about one inch in from the outer lengthwise edge and being cut diagonally in toward the end edges. These slits being about one inch in length. The purpose of these slits is to provide a holding place for alligator clamps, or hook-type clamps with which to more securely anchor the bedpad retainer to the bedding or as button holes for buttons 14 attached 3,407,414 Patented Oct. 29, 1968 to an anchor cloth strip semi-permanently placed between the bed mattress and springs.

We have found that the tuck-in anchor combined with the clamps or buttons is a completely efiective retainer for keeping a bedpad in place.

Some properties of one embodiment of a bedpad retainer according to this invention will be illustrated in the following example.

Example I A disposable bedpad retainer made from a long layer of thin, strong, nonwoven expanded rayon material. This layer is out about 72 inches long and 18 inches wide. At about seven inches from each end two slits are die cut into the material, one on each side, starting about one inch in from the outer lengthwise edge and being cut diagonally in toward the end edges, these slits being about one inch in length. In assembly, a diaper pad, about 24 inches long and 18 inches wide, is centered under the long layer of material, the lengthwise edges of the pads backing sheet are then folded over the lengthwise edges of the unit and glued to the top retainer sheet.

Having now described the invention in specific detail and exemplified the manner in which it may be carried into practice, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many variations, modifications, and extensions of the basic principles involved may be made without departing from its spirit and scope.

The invention claimed is:

1. A flat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer,

a length of one flexible layer of disposable diaper material forming said retainer,

a center pad of multiple layers of disposable diaper material having a length substantially less than said length of said retainer and being secured to said retainer at a substantially centered location,

and aperture means adjacent each end of said retainer for securing said retainer and center pad to the sides of a bed or mattress.

2. A flat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 1 in which,

said center pad being secured to said retainer solely along the lengthwise edges of said center pad.

3. A fiat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 1 in which,

said retainer having a generally rectangular configuration,

said center pad having a width equal to the width of said retainer,

and said aperture means comprising a pair of spaced openings at each end.

4. A fiat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 3 in which,

said center pad having a length that is about onethird the length of said retainer,

and said center pad being secured to said retainer solely along the lengthwise edges of said center pad.

5. A flat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 4 in which,

said retainer having a length sufiicient to extend the ends thereof under the mattress of the bed,

and said openings being spaced from the ends of said retainer a sufiicient distance that said openings are not covered by the mattress.

6. A flat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 5 in which,

said openings comprising slits that are positioned diagonally toward the end edges of said retainer.

7. A fiat sheet-like disposable bedpad having a stabilizing retainer as defined in claim 6 in which,

3 v 4 7 said center pad comprising at least flhree layers of 2,779,035 1/1957 McMurry 5335 disposable diaper material. 2,982,976 5/1961 Ferolito 5-91 X 3,065,751 11/1962 GObbO et a1 128287 References Cited 3,070,096 12/1962 Weitzman 128287 5 Hyde et Z11 1,897,521 2/1933 Lagarde 5--91 X CASMIR A. NUNBERG, Primary Examiner. 

